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Austin American-Statesman from Austin, Texas • 16

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Sunday, April 16, 1978 Man assaulted twice at bar Victim hit, stabbed with pool cue within 12 hours i mi i ii iiuii tut 4' lit police beat Try to tell Robert Salazar that lightning can't strike the same spot twice. At 11:50 p.m. Friday, Salazar, 20, of 1118 E. Oltorf hit in the head with a pool cue at the Ranch House, a bar and pool hall at 5200 E. 5th police said.

He was treated for the head injury at Brackenridge Hospital and released. Less than 12 hours later, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Salazar was back at the Ranch House, and this time he was stabbed in the chest with a pool cue, police said. Salazar was in Brackenridge Hospital in serious condition late Saturday. Investigators said they have not been able to determine who attacked him in either instance.

In another indicent late Friday night, John Rodriguez, 26, of 906 E. 12th was stabbed in the stomach as he walked to his car, police said. Rodriguez told police he his car was parked in the 1600 block of East 6th Street. As he headed for it about 11:45 p.m. Friday, he said, a man standing well over 6 feet ran up to him and stabbed him.

Rodriguez drove himself to Brackenridge Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition late Saturday. B2 Austin American-Statesman Dog bites, escapes; boy must get shots By TRACY CORTESE American-Statesman Staff It was a hectic day Saturday for the James Garcia family and a painful one for 3-year-old Ernest. A dog that looked friendly and playful turned out to be at least momentarily vicious when it bit Ernest Garcia in the back yard of the family's home at 271 1 E. 5th St. Then a warden from the city animal control division couldn't catch the animal.

Finally, the Brackenridge Hospital emergency room staff administered the first three of a series of painful rabies shots without waiting the usual 10 days before beginning the treatment. An emergency room spokesman, contacted late Saturday, said the shots were given immediately because "they couldn't find the dog." The culprit a small, brown, female cocker spaniel was still loose Saturday night after she evaded the dog catcher, the child's father, James Garcia, and some neighbors. It all started when the dog got inside the Garcias' fenced back yard, where Ernest was playing and Garcia was working on his car, the family said. After the dog bit his son, Garcia was going to shoot it, he said, but the animal control employee advised other courses of action. "I figured he'd go get a net or some kind of spray, but he didn't," Garcia said.

At one point, Garcia and his neighbor had the dog pinned down and waited for the animal control warden, who was wearing gloves, to pick the animal up. He didn't. "Those dog catchers are paid to catch dogs. Why couldn't he catch this dog?" Garcia asked. The dog finally escaped the yard and was last seen in the East 6th Street-Pedernales Street area.

Meanwhile, Garcia's wife had taken Ernest to Brackenridge, and by the time Garcia arrived, his son had already received three of a 16-shot series two in the arm, one in the stomach. "They had to start right away. They said they couldn't wait if they couldn't find the dog," Mrs. Garcia said. The family left Brackenridge about 7:30 p.m.

after they waited to make sure Ernest didn't react negatively to the medicine. Garcia said Ernest must go back to Brackenridge today to continue the shots unless the dog can be located. The family asked that anyone with information about the dog contact the Garcias at 476-0003 or 345-0333. "But I've still got one," said Bell County sheriff's in-' vestigator Birt E. Wilkerson.

Wilkerson has been tracking down leads since the bod? of Linda Maria Nichols, 24, was found floating in Mi 1. a tributary of the Lampasas River south of Kib; The woman had been shot twice with a shotgun, proba-: bly an old single-barrel model found in the mud near the: body, investigators said. Wilkerson has said he had two suspects, but Saturday; he took one of them off his list after he learned the had been in Fort Worth at the time. Nichols, the daughter of a Harker Heights police officer had a record of prostitution in the Army town dur-A ing the past few year, but some who knew her said she had gone straight recently. One suspect left The key investigator in the slaying of a former Killeen prostitute said Saturday he has cleared one of the two men suspected in the case.

Colleagues laud women journalists Staff Photo by Zach Ryan AMARILLO (AP) June Smith of the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal captured six first-place awards, three second places and three third places Saturday night to garner the sweepstakes award at the 86th annual Texas Press Women convention. male member of TPW, took fourth. There was a four-way tie for fifth between Ann Faragher of the Greenville Herald Banner; Faye B. Chessher of KWED in Seguin; Nina Laney Cox of the Hutchinson Co. Herald, and Julia Wright of Southwestern Bell's Telephone Times.

Up in smoke Protesting that "the power to tax is the power to enslave," Carl Hickerson sets fire to a W2 form, which shows an employee's wages and taxes and is filed with the income tax form. Protesters marched Saturday at the main Austin Post Office as hundreds mailed their offerings to Uncle Sam. Danella Davis of The JET, Pioneer Gas and Katherine Golding Roper of the Real County News tied for second in the sweepstakes competition. The New Braunfels Herald's Chancy Lewis, the first With 17 awards, the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal' was the overall winner in the newspaper category of media awards. The Greenville Herald Banner took sec- ond and the New Braunfels Herald was third.

Charges pending against father who let girl drive MEMORIAL KILL PARK VETERAN'S FIELD OF HOXGH FEATURE CRYPTS Boy, 13, killed by car driven by girl, 9, in Galveston struck from the rear. Police said the car went out of control and jumped a curb before plowing into the youth. Police said the car narrowly missed several of the other 1,000 persons participating in the annual event designed to raise money for the March of Dimes. Bill Taber, the investigating officer, said the girl drove the car about two miles when she struck Lubin, knocking him 100 feet and killing him instantly. Taber said the 1977 car went another 500 yards before it stopped.

"He (the father) just asked her if she wanted to drive and she said, Taber said. Taber estimated the car's speed at 50 mph when it struck the youth. Officials said the father, a Texas City resident, was booked into the Galveston city jail. GALVESTON (AP) A 9-year-old girl, with her father sitting in the passenger seat, Saturday drove a car into a group of children participating in a charity "walkathon," killing a 13-year-old boy, Galveston police said. The girl's father, 31, will be charged formally with negligent homicide Monday for allowing the girl to drive the car, officials said.

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Services pending at Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Helen D. Keast of Austin; son, W. Rea Keast of Austin; daughter, Jean Gridley of Short Hills, N.J.; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

MacIVER, Donald 78, 1411 Ridgehaven, died Friday. Memorial service 4 p.m. today at Wilshire Presbyterian Church. (Weed-Corley) RHODES, Spenser (Dusty), 33, of Dripping Springs, died Thursday. Graveside services 2:30 p.m.

today at Capital Memorial Gardens. Survivors: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Prise Rhodes of Athens; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

R.L. Watts of Athens; son, J.B. Rhodes of Austin; brother, Jerry Rhodes of Houston; Ronny Rhodes of Austin; sisters, Lavon Schuler of San Diego, Debby Tapley of Houston. (Hyltin-Manor) ROGERS, Senior Master Sgt. George Dewey, (USAF, 58, of Lago Vista, died Thursday.

Services pending at Weed-Corley Funeral Home. central texas deaths BACA, Willie, 79, of Smithville, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Monday at Marrs-Jones Funeral Home in Smithville. Burial, Oak Hill Cemetery in Smithville.

Survivors: wife, Mattie Mae Baca of Smithville; son, Roy W. Baca of Midwest City, Floyd E. Baca of Smithville; four grandchildren. IMLER, Evelyn Bennett, 81, of Tow, died Saturday. Services 3 p.m.

today at Waldrope Funeral Home in Llano. Burial, Llano City Cemetery. Survivors: husband, Russ Imler of Tow. REEDY, Richard Lee, 43, of Freeport, died Saturday. Services pending at Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop.

Survivors: mother, Nell Reedy of Bastrop; sister, Mrs. James W. Sparks of Freeport; brother, Gerald Reedy of Brazoria. BURGER, Alvin 79, 1122 Colorado died Friday. Services 2 p.m.

Monday at St. David's Episcopal Church. (Weed-Corley) GUTTMAN, Mrs. Lorene 67, 1215 Pasadena Drive, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m.

Monday at Hyltin-Manor Funeral Chapel. Burial, Capital Memorial Gardens. Survivors: son, Walter Guttman Jr. of Austin; brother, B. Melton Wright of Houston; sister, Kathryn Nobles of San Antonio; one grandchild.

HANSON, Ada 48, 8007 Burnet Road, died Saturday. Services 3:30 p.m. Monday at Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Survivors: brother, Howard Schutt of Austin; sisters, Mrs. Paul Carden of Houston, Ethel Ingram of Austin.

JONAS, Edgar (Eddy), 55, 1908 Pequeno died Friday. Services 3:30 p.m. Monday at Hyltin-Manor Funeral Chapel. Burial, Oak Hill Cemetery in Smithville. Survivors: wife, Sue Jonas of Austin; mother Marie Jonas of New Braunfels; sons, John Jonas with the U.S.

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